000 CDUS43 KDMX 070647 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 412 PM 99 1934 68 11 76 MINIMUM 54 511 AM 28 1989 44 10 59 AVERAGE 67 56 11 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.11 1960 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.72 -0.72 T SINCE MAR 1 3.83 6.08 -2.25 5.64 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.97 -1.27 7.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1989 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 7.0 -5.3 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 34.9 -14.7 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 0 MONTH TO DATE 106 63 43 78 SINCE MAR 1 1387 1537 -150 1314 SINCE JUL 1 6423 7177 -754 6673 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 2 4 -2 3 SINCE MAR 1 6 11 -5 14 SINCE JAN 1 6 11 -5 14 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 90 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2005...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 8 2005...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 434 PM 95 1934 67 10 78 MINIMUM 53 323 AM 25 1974 44 9 54 AVERAGE 65 55 10 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.13 1919 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.77 -0.77 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 6.37 1.06 6.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 8.27 2.66 8.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.7 4.5 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.6 -6.3 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 0 MONTH TO DATE 102 68 34 81 SINCE MAR 1 1526 1624 -98 1436 SINCE JUL 1 6951 7565 -614 7246 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 1 SINCE MAR 1 2 3 -1 10 SINCE JAN 1 2 3 -1 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 89 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 26 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 8 2005...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$